Why does everybody hate on this game so much? I mean, It certainly is not the best game ever, but it is a damn fine one. Anyways, personal rant of the Sonic fanbase over, Sonic and the Black Knight was released in March of 2009 (Only just a couple of moths after Sonic Unleashed) to Universal Dismay and many critics panned it for it's Swordplay and control. Here's my opinion on one of the freshest Sonic expeirences since Sonic Adventure 2.

Sonic's progression is, just like 2007's Sonic and the Secret Rings, completely On-Rails, but unlike that game, you can influence Sonic's direction using the analouge stick on the Nunchuk. Sonic can jump if you tap the A Button on the Wiimote and tapping the button again causes Sonic to do his famous Homing Attack, which is kinda pointless in this game because new to Sonic's versatile abilities is Swordplay (Which is odd, as in Shadow the Hedgehog, Sonic said he would never wield a weapon, though he probably meant a Gun), which occurs when the player waggles their Wiimote. Sonic's moveset seems limited as all he can really do is lunge, do some horizontal and vertical attacks and an Air Combo. Sonic does learn the Soul Surge, activated by using the B Button. The Soul Surge obliterates enemys quickly but uses up the Soul Gauge.

Graphically speaking, Sonic Team certainly do know what the Wii is capitable of. All of the Textures are brilliant and for once I think the character models aren't just random polygons that are coloured in. The enviroments are varied and vast, even if they are basically straight lines. Something I do like are the Cutscenes, the 3 CGI Cutscenes are AMAZING. Honestly, I wonder how many hour went into these! The rest are all presented like a graphic novel, beautifully hand-drawn and detailed.

The Audio as always never dissapoints. Once again Crush 40 prove that they can kick everybody in their behind when it comes to making video game music, but there's one song NOT Performed by Crush 40 that honestly would give the Sound a 10 all by itself: With Me by All Ends is amazing, probably because it plays during the games Final boss. The Voice-Over is pretty good, Jason Griffith is great as Sonic and Lancelot and Dan Green (YUGI!!!!!) Is pretty good as Sir Gaiwain and Caliburn, Sonic's Sword.

Black Knight has a very good story.

While on the run from the Black Knight and his demonic minions,
Merlina is surrounded by the Black Knight's minions, and, before she is
taken, performs a summoning ritual that brings Sonic to her world.
Sonic defeats the Black Knight's minions before Merlina teleports them
both away in a whirlwind. The Black Knight sends out the three Knights
of the Round Table, who are still loyal to the Black Knight despite his
evil, to find and kill Sonic and Merlina on sight. Merlina explains that
the Black Knight, once King Arthur, is immortal, as he possesses the
scabbard of Excalibur.
After training Sonic in the art of swordsmanship, Merlina explains that
King Arthur was once a wise and just ruler, but became corrupted by the
power of immortality granted by having possession of Excalibur's
scabbard. Sonic acquires Caliburn, a talking sword who is highly
skeptical of Sonic's abilities, and they head off on their quest while
Merlina goes into hiding (Merlina explains that she would be recognized
in town). They first find the blacksmith (Tails' counterpart in the
game) in the Castle Town, in order to sharpen Caliburn's blade. The blacksmith recognizes Caliburn, but cannot remember where he has heard of its name before.

Sonic heads off to see Nimue, the Lady of the Lake (Amy's
counterpart in the game) and previous owner of the scabbard of
Excalibur, to find out how to stop the Black Knight; on his way, he
encounters and defeats Lancelot (Shadow's counterpart in the game), one
of the Knights of The Round Table, and claims his sword. The Lady
reveals that she will only assist Sonic when he becomes a true knight
and presents him with three tests to be completed in three days. After
completing them, Sonic soon encounters a crying child whose village was
abducted by a dragon and decides to help her. Sonic soon encounters and
defeats Gawain (Knuckles' counterpart in the game), and takes his sword
before he can kill himself out of shame with it, asking him if there is
more to being a knight than serving a king. With the townsfolk saved,
Nimue reveals that she was the crying child and was testing Sonic, and
that he can blunt the scabbard's power by retrieving the sacred swords
wielded by the Knights of the Round Table. Afterwards, Sonic meets
Percival (Blaze's counterpart in the game) and defeats her before saving
her from falling from a cliff, an act that finally earns him Caliburn's
respect and the title of "Knight of the Wind". Merlina has seen those
events from her reflecting pool, and arrives to inform Sonic that the
Black Knight is on Faraway Avalon. Sonic and Caliburn pursue and defeat
the Black Knight with the power of the three sacred swords.

Part II

Having fought and defeated him by using the four Sacred Swords
(including Caliburn), Merlina reveals to Sonic and The Knights of the
Round Table that King Arthur was an illusion conjured by her
grandfather, Merlin. She then takes Excalibur's scabbard to become
all-powerful, so she can be the new queen.

Sonic and the Knights of the Round Table are forced to flee and,
with Nimue's help, set off to use the sacred swords to defeat Merlina by
putting up a barrier around the kingdom, which is then revealed that is
too weak. After the four swords form a barrier around the castle, Sonic
confronts Merlina, who explains that she knows the kingdom will soon
come to an end, and wants to make it last forever. Sonic battles her,
but is outmatched; in the process, Caliburn is broken in half, and Sonic
takes a very severe beating. Nimue and the Knights watch Sonic's
efforts, and shout at him to run. Sonic refuses, resolving to stop
Merlina no matter what. Sonic's determination, combined with the power
of the sacred swords, repairs Caliburn, and the duo transform into Excalibur-Sonic and the true Excalibur, respectively, while Merlina transforms into a monstrous creature known as "The Dark Queen".
After a long battle, Sonic and Caliburn manage to defeat Merlina.
Though Merlina continues to lament the fate of the kingdom, Sonic gives
her a flower and tells her that, while all worlds have to end, they
merely need to live life to the fullest in the time that they have;
reminiscing about her grandfather, Merlina takes his advice to her
heart.

Afterwards, Lancelot says that the Knights of the Round Table
will have to disband now that King Arthur is gone, but Caliburn reminds
them that he is the one who chooses the one to be king; thus, Sonic is
the true King Arthur. After the credits roll, Sonic, who has been taken
back to his world, explains his journey to Amy Rose. She then complains
that he is lying and forgot about their date, then proceeds to attack
him with her Piko Piko hammer. The game then shows a book titled King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table change its title to Sonic and the Black Knight, the same process in the previous game, Sonic and the Secret Rings.

The game dosn't really get hard until the very end (with the exception of the Final Boss) where you WILL Throw your Wiimote on the ground from the extreme difficulty.

Overall it's not horrible, it's brilliant!

10/10

Sounds interesting people generally seem to hate sonic games with story(Except SA2...that game is Jesus apparently)Which is kind of stupid of well i heard the biggest problem was the control anyway

DARKANINE : Honestly this game gets too much hate for it's own good. I though it was fantastic!